WARWICKSHIRE’S Steve Webster and Andy Sullivan go into the penultimate week of the 2012 European Tour with similar aims but playing thousands of miles apart on different continents.

Webster’s only possibility of getting into the elite Race to Dubai top 60 and secure a lucrative spot in next week’s showpiece – the DP World Championship at the Jumeirah Golf Estates in the Arab Emirates – is to win the Hong Kong Open.

The Atherstone 37-year-old, 98th in the Race to Dubai, is around £230,000 shy of the top 60 and with the winner in Hong Kong set to bank £260,000-plus and the runner-up a mere £173,758, he knows only the number one spot will see him contest the ‘big one’ where £8million in prize money is on the table. Sullivan faces the task of finishing at least runner-up in the South African Open at Ekurhuleni to stand any chance of completing his campaign in the leading 115 places to secure his Tour card for 2013 and avoid the dreaded Final Qualifying event in Spain that also gets underway next Thursday.

The Nuneaton 26-year-old, in his rookie season on the Tour, is looking to make an impact on the Serengeti Golf and Wildlife course in a bid to improve on his current Race to Dubai mark of 145th.

Going into the tournament, Sullivan is more than £71,000 adrift of Simon Khan in 115th but victory this weekend for the former Walker Cup ace would earn him £158,500 while second place is £115,00. However, outside of the top duo and Sullivan will fall short on the money list and prepare for that nail-biting six-rounder at the PGA Catalunya Resort in Girona.